this thursday, at joe biden and put ryan -- paul ryan meet for their only debate. the debate begins at 9:00, followed by a reaction from viewers. dick cheney debated senator john edwards eight years ago. here is part of that debate. >> i want to go back to the last comment. and then i will come back to israel-palestine. the reason why they want to attack halliburton is because they want to obscure their own record. you have missed 33 out of 36 meetings. 70% of the meetings in the intelligence committee. you have missed a lot of key votes on tax policy, energy, medicare reform. her hometown newspaper has taken to calling you senator gone. in my capacity as vice president, i'm the president of the senate. the first time i ever met he was when you walked onto the stage tonight. with respect to israel and palestine, the suicide bombers were generated by saddam hussein. they paid $25,000 to the families of suicide bombers. one of the reasons we do not have as many suicide attacks state in israel as we had in the past is because he is no longer in business. we have been